A Mutch Different Era
Recalling The Forgotten World Striker Stepped Into
In the space of just over two years, Andy Mutch went from playing in front of successive Molineux crowds of fewer than 2,500 to appearing and scoring in front of more than 80,000 at Wembley. Others, like Jamie Vardy today and Ian Wright, have leapt further but few men in Wolves’ history have climbed so quickly from gloom to glare of the spotlight.
A Spree Or Not A Spree? That Is The Question
A Little-Remembered Case Of Sizeable Spending
By way of transfer-market statements, Wolves have never spoken louder than when Andy Gray signed on the Molineux pitch in September, 1979. They caused waves, too, mainly because they were a Second Division club, when beating Manchester City to the signature of Geoff Thomas in 1993 and making him the marquee man in a summer that also contained the captures of David Kelly, Kevin Keen, Peter Shirtliff and Cyrille Regis.
Fallen Forest Still Feel The Pain – Richards
Anniversary Reflections On Surprise Wembley Conquest
As it is 36 years today since the 1980 League Cup final, we have perhaps had ample previous opportunity to learn and remind ourselves what victory meant to John Barnwell’s heroic side. But how has Nottingham Forest’s unexpected defeat sat with their players over the decades? They were League champions and double European Cup winners around that time, as well as League Cup specialists, so one Wembley disappointment was presumably easier for them to bear…..
In The Hunte For Milestone Man
Big Landmark Moves A Stage Closer
This seems as good a time as any to re-draw the attention of our readers to some of the ‘background’ areas of this website. The debut of midfielder Connor Hunte in Wolves’ 2-1 home win over Bristol City took us a step closer to learning the identity of the 1,000th man to play League football for the club.
Absent Admirer
Winger Insists Leicester Will Do It
John Farrington has never set foot in Leicester’s King Power Stadium on a match day and sees no reason to do so over the final two and a bit months of the Premier League season. But, from his vantage point in ‘Foxes’ country in a village near Hinckley, he has no doubts: Claudio Ranieri’s side will be crowned champions.
A Nostalgic Return Denied
Souness Link Might Have Brought Alan Back To Molineux
Professional life might conceivably have turned full circle for Alan Murray. Taken on by Wolves in his teens half a century ago, he briefly scented a possibility of returning in a backroom role in his much later years.
Leading From The Front
Skippers Take Centre Stage
Molineux’s Hayward Suite will next month stage another of the highly popular Wolves Former Players Association dinners. The event appears to be regaining its familiar ‘annual’ status after a break of several years before the successful relaunch last April.
Dear Diary Entry 53
Ray Still In Rich Form
Monday, February 1: Belatedly caught up on a super interview with Ray Crawford in the Daily Mail – one used in the countdown to the emphatic FA Cup defeat suffered by Kevin Keen’s Colchester at home to Tottenham on Saturday.
Kindo’s Turn For Stricken Pal
Thomas’s Plight Strikes A Turf Moor Chord
Steve Kindon’s busy 2016 schedule of public appearances is to include a function in aid of the Guide Dogs For The Blind Association to support his ex-Burnley team-mate Dave Thomas – also a former Wolves winger. Thomas, 65, has hereditary glaucoma and has been registered blind/partially sighted since 2008, although he can still see well enough to play golf off a handicap of nine.
Cubs Made Big Headlines
Wolves In The Youth Cup – A National Story
So where did you turn to for news of Wolves matches in this season’s FA Youth Cup? If you didn’t look at the club’s own media outlets or in the Express & Star, it’s a fair bet you remained uninformed of the victories over MK Dons and Met Police and the subsequent exit at home to Reading.